Table selection

Table selection is one of the key skills you need to maximize your profits. On Party/Empire, I look for tables where most of the players are below the default buy-in. I'll jump on and watch for an orbit, to see how many are seeing the flop. I like to have at least 4 players pay to see the flop, and up to 6 fora full table. If everyone is seeing the flop, be prepared to have someone suckout on you all the time.

asphnxma: "Online, it's even easier to switch tables, and changes in table conditions occur even more rapidly than in a B&M poker room. Tables can go from extremely profitable to rock garden within the span of a few hands. There is absolutely no reason a player should ever feel compelled to stay at an unprofitable online table, whether the source of the problem is opponents who are maniacs or opponents who are rocks, or even opponents who are cagey, expert players. There is always another, more profitable table that is just a few mouse-clicks away. It may take a few tries to find it, and the profitable table conditions may evaporate within a few orbits of finding it, but it's out there.

Newer players should learn that this is a choice they can take advantage of. Table selection can and should be an active choice on the player's part, rather than a passive choice of sitting down (and staying) at the first available table, no matter what the conditions. To do anything less is to miss an opportunity to maximize EV."